⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:15 · LAL 25-20 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 9:41 · LAL 37-32 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 2:41 · LAL 92-81 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 11:00 · LAL 49-54 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ruben Patterson 3 second
Q4 4:35 · LAL 77-78 POR
- Turnover
Scottie Pippen Bad Pass
Q4 4:05 · LAL 77-78 POR
- Missed FT
Bonzi Wells missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:58 · LAL 86-81 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
